Downregulation of the transcription factor KLF4 is required for the lineage commitment of T cells

Cell Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1701-1710

  Liu, Xiaolong ^a   Wen, Xiaomin ^a   Liu, Haifeng ^a   Xiao, Gang ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

early T cell development; Klf4; T cell lineage commitment

Indexed keywords

BCL11A PROTEIN, MOUSE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DTX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IDB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 1; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 1; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 82655184106     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.183     Document Type: Article

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